Carroll should have done better with a first-half header that went wideAnthony Devlin/PA

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Carroll set up the goal by Young that put England aheadAnthony Devlin/PA

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Young's goal was his sixth for his countryDarren Staples/Reuters

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Hodgson had only three training sessions with his players before his first matchLee Smith/Action Images

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Green was given his first start for England for two yearsLee Smith/Action Images

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Hodgson has previously taken Switzerland to the World Cup finalsAlex Livesey/Getty Images

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Welbeck was not fit, but Hodgson intends to take him to the European ChampionshipsMichael Regan/Getty Images

Oliver KayChief Football Correspondent

Published at 12:00AM, May 28 2012

Roy Hodgson does not strike you as the type of manager who would care much for
a honeymoon period and, with so little time available before the European
Championship finals, it is probably just as well. Cherished for so long, the
England job came as a marriage of expedience, creating a requirement not for
romance or rapture but pragmatism.

Look for words to describe the 1-0 victory in Oslo in Hodgson’s first match in
charge and you would be hard pushed to go far beyond functional. It was
encouraging to see a team playing, after only three days under his